Proposed medical marijuana moratorium amended

The Planning and Development Committee planned on discussing issues with Havre's zoning but never made it that far and, instead, amended a proposed ordinance that will place a moratorium on new medical marijuana grow operations and dispensaries in the city. After hearing public comment questioning how the city would be able to verify what businesses will have been in operation before the moratorium goes into effect, committee members voted unanimously to require currently operating grow operations and dispensaries to report to the city their location and number of patients. The state law, b...